The Board
Every market from every piece, newest first. None of them exist. None of them are advice. If you find someone offering a price on any of these, walk away and tell me who, because that is a story.
12 Sep 2026
Pakistan Sent Seven Players Home and Accidentally Found a Number Nine Who Hits Nine Sixes
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Razaullah to be dropped within four Tests5/4
A Pakistan selector to describe this as "the plan working"1/8
Cleethorpes to mention him in the club newsletter1/50
Next Pakistan debutant to be found by a coach driving to a village6/4
Me to hit nine sixes in an innings, any innings, anywhere, ever5000/1
None of these are real. Please do not ring anyone.
9 Sep 2026
Cricket Australia Is Selling the Big Bash. The Renegades Are Going Out Whole.
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Perth Scorchers to keep the word "Perth"1/3
Perth Scorchers to keep the word "Scorchers"6/4
Any Big Bash team to be renamed after an Indian city by 20284/6
New South Wales to sell within two years anyway5/4
"Defining moment" to be defined by whoever writes the biggest cheque1/25
Women's Big Bash to be mentioned in the second paragraph of any coverage12/1
Me to be described as Australian by anyone in Johannesburg, or South African by anyone in Perth1/1000
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8 Sep 2026
England Sacked Kevin Pietersen for Twelve Years. Then They Ran Out of Reasons.
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Pietersen to disagree with an ECB decision in public before the Sri Lanka series ends1/4
Someone to whistle in the first team meeting2/1
The word "trust" to appear in any ECB statement about him50/1
Pietersen to be described as "outside cricket" again, by anyone, ever100/1
England to win the 2027 World Cupwhatever the real price is, plus the twelve years
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8 Sep 2026
Australia Are Going Back to South Africa. Five of Them Were There Last Time.
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Marnus to make a Test hundred on tour6/1
Marnus to be at the nets before the ground staff, any morning1/50
An Australian journalist to mention Bavuma's height before the first ball1/33
Renshaw to be described as "an emergency" in any broadcast5/2
Travis Head to win a Test in a session2/1
Me to get through the Newlands Test without mentioning 2018500/1
Me to be described as Australian by anyone in Johannesburg, or South African by anyone in Perth1/1000
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7 Sep 2026
The ECB Opened the Door to Gambling Money for One Summer and Nobody Came In
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An estate agent sponsor to be replaced by a different estate agentevens
The 2027 ban to be "reviewed in light of market conditions"6/4
A team to be renamed after a second IPL franchise before 20287/2
Anyone in Leeds to say "Sunrisers Leeds" unprompted100/1
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6 Sep 2026
Sunil Narine Is 38, Bowls at Ninety, and Nobody Has Worked Him Out Yet
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Narine to be worked out by anyone before he retires34/1
Narine to retire1/500
A TKR batter to make more runs than Narine's economy rate this week5/2
The ICC to report his action again out of habit12/1
Me to take four for 12, ever, at any level, including in the nets1000/1
Rashid Khan to look over his shoulder1/1.01
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6 Sep 2026
The ICC Is Investigating One Over. The ICC Has a Sentence for That.
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Next ACU statement to contain a sentence it hasn't used before50/1
A Dubai "kingpin" to be found in Dubai20/1
The ministry to block a website that was already blocked1/50
Documentary sequel3/1
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